Hazlet man is found dead in lake after child-porn arrest

HAZLET -- A man who disappeared days after he was arrested in a child pornography case was found dead in a lake in an apparent suicide, according to a report in The Asbury Park Press.

The report said the body of Brian Thompson, 63, was found Friday floating in Marlu Lake in Thompson County Park in Holmdel. Authorities told the newspaper an autopsy indicated he committed suicide.

Thompson was last seen Oct. 10 when he left home to go on a bike ride. He had been arrested two days earlier and Bergen County prosecutors said he used the internet to acquire and distribute child pornography.